State IT workers must prove skills to keep jobs

10:22 PM,
Apr. 10, 2013

Robert O'Connell

Written by

Michael Cass
| The Tennessean

Gov. Bill Haslam's administration is forcing 1,600 information technology workers across state government to re-apply for their jobs in an effort to screen out those who can't master the skills of a rapidly changing field.

The state employees association said IT workers are nervous. But the state's chief information officer said most of them don't need to worry.

"This is really not about getting rid of people," Mark Bengel said Wednesday. "It's about making sure that we do have the skills and we have the ability to develop and retain staff in the future." ...